The Gaslight Anthem
The '59 Sound
Tabbed by: ThorHammer17
Tuning: |DGFCAD|
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C: |-32010|
Fmaj7: |-33210|
Am: |-03320|
G: |320013| or G |320003|
Em: |022000|
F: |133211| or |133---| or |1332--|
Intro:
C - C - Fmaj7 - Fmaj7 - Am - G - Fmaj7 - Fmaj7
x2
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AmEm
Well, I wonder which song they're gonna play when we go.
AmFmaj7
I hope it's something quiet and minor and peaceful and slow.
AmEm
When we float out into the ether, into the Everlasting Arms,
AmFmaj7
I hope we don't hear Marley's chains we forged in life.
AmFCG
'Cause the chains I been hearing now for most of my life,
AmFCG
The chains I been hearing now for most of my life.
CFmaj7
Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on grandmother's radio?
AmGFmaj7
Did you hear the rattling chains.... in the hospital walls?
CFmaj7
Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over?
AmGFmaj7
Did you hear your favorite song one last time?
AmEm
And I wonder were you scared when the metal hit the glass?
AmFmaj7
See, I was playing a show down the road when your spirit left your body.
AmEm
And they told me on the front lawn. I'm sorry I couldn't go,
AmFmaj7
But I still know the song and the words and her name and the reasons.
AmFCG
And I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang
AmFCG
I know 'cause we were kids and we used to hang
CFmaj7
Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on grandmother's radio?
AmGFmaj7
Did you hear the rattling chains..... in the hospital walls?
CFmaj7
Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over?
AmGFmaj7
Did you hear your favorite song.... one last time?
[ AmFCG
Young boys,
AmFCG
Young girls, ]x4
AmFCG
Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night,
AmFCG
Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night,
AmFCG
Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night,
AmFCG
Ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night,
CFmaj7
Did you hear the '59 Sound coming through on grandmother's radio?
AmGFmaj7
Did you hear the rattling chains..... in the hospital walls?
CFmaj7
Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over?
AmGFmaj7
Did you hear your favorite song.... one last time?
AmFCG
Young boys,
AmFCG
Young girls,
AmFCG
Young boys,
AmFCG
Young girls.
Outro:C
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Seeing as almost all of Gaslight's songs from this album are in Dtuning, I
was pretty sure I could make it work for this song too. I took a look at a
few live videos, and this is definitely what he's playing, especially in the
The 59 Sound chords
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